Number Dinosaur
Number Dinosaur Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 1 number dinosaur (wooden figure)
- 10 number tiles (numbers from 1 to 10)
- 10 quantity tiles (with groups of 1 to 10 objects)
- 5 dinosaur tiles
- 1 set of game instructions
Game Idea
Whoever's turn it is tries their best to turn over a pair, consisting of a number tile and the corresponding quantity of objects tile. If you turn around a dinosaur tile, you can take the dinosaur figure. The player at the end of the game who has the dinosaur figure in front of him can add another dinosaur tile to his pile. The child with the highest dinosaur pile wins.
Preparation of the Game
Shuffle the tiles and arrange them face down into a grid of 5 by 5. Get the number dinosaur ready.
How to Play
Play in a clockwise direction. Whoever is the quickest at counting from one to ten may start and turns over two tiles, one after the other.
Is the first tile a dinosaur tile?
- Yes? Your turn is over immediately. However you can take the dinosaur figure and put it in front of you. The dinosaur tile stays face up.
- No? Turn around a second tile.
Have you turned over a dinosaur tile and a number/quantity tile?
You can put the play figure in front of you. The dinosaur tile stays face up, the other one is turned around again.
Important: Whenever a dinosaur tile is turned over the dinosaur figure is passed on to the player in question.
Have you turned around a number tile and a quantity tile?
Name the number shown and count how many objects are shown on the quantity tile.
Do both tiles form a pair?
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Yes? Great! Take both tiles and put them in a pile in front of you.
Example: the number 7 and the quantity of 7 objects (= 7 colored pencils).
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No? Pity! Try to memorize both tiles and turn them over again.
Then it's the turn of the next player.
End of the Game
The game ends as soon as all the tiles have been flipped and all the pairs have been found. Stack your pairs. The player with the dinosaur figure at this moment receives an extra dinosaur tile. The child with the highest pile wins. In the case of a draw there are various winners.
Variation for One Child
Play according to the rules of the basic game, except for the following changes:
Place the dinosaur figure face-down next to the tiles. Each time you turn over a dinosaur tile, put it in a pile next to the dinosaur figure. As soon as the five dinosaur tiles are in the pile, the game ends. Now stack the pairs you have found up until now.
If your pile is higher than the one with the dinosaurs, you win. If your pile is smaller, the dinosaur has won.
Transcription note: in the printed English example the quantity is partly hidden by an overlapping line of text; "7" is taken from the German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian versions of the same example, which all show 7 colored pencils. The component count "1" for the instructions is likewise taken from the German and French lists, where it is printed.